Josef Newgarden

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Josef Newgarden (2015)

Josef Newgarden (born December 22, 1990 in Hendersonville , Tennessee ) is an American automobile racing driver . He became the Indy Lights master in 2011 . He has been competing in the IndyCar Series since 2012, where he won the championship title in 2017 and 2019.

Career

Newgarden began his motorsport career in karting at the age of 13 and was mainly active in this sport until 2006. Among other things, he won the TAG Junior World Championship in 2005 and 2006. Even after switching to formula racing, he competed in several kart races until 2009.

In the 2006/2007 season Newgarden made his formula racing debut in the Skip Barber Southern Regional Series and won the runner-up in this series with three straight wins. He then started in the 2007 season in the national Skip Barber series and finished sixth overall with two wins. In 2008 Newgarden started to race in various racing series. His main focus was again on the national Skip Barber, in which he won the runner-up title behind Conor Daly with three wins .

In 2009 Newgarden left North America and moved to Europe for the British Formula Ford . Although he won the most races with nine wins, he was beaten by James Cole at the end of the season and came second overall. He also started in the first three races of the Formula Palmer Audi and won two of these races. In 2010 Newgarden started for Carlin in the newly founded GP3 series . He scored points in only three races and finished 18th overall at the end of the season.

In 2011 Newgarden returned to North America and competed for Sam Schmidt Motorsports in the Indy Lights . He got along in the Indy Lights straight away and won the season opener in St. Petersburg . His win at Loudon , where Newgarden had overtaken all the other drivers, was particularly impressive . With a total of five wins, Newgarden won the championship prematurely one race before the end of the season. With 553 to 459 he was almost 100 points ahead of the runner-up, his team-mate Esteban Guerrieri .

From 2012 Newgarden made his debut for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing in the IndyCar Series . He received a three-year contract with the racing team. He finished his debut race in St. Petersburg in eleventh place. In Long Beach , Newgarden started from second place, but was eliminated in the first lap. At the following race in São Paulo , he achieved the fastest race lap. In training for the next race, the Indianapolis 500 , he achieved several best times and qualified as the best Honda driver in seventh place. He did not reach the goal. At the Honda Indy Toronto , Newgarden was in fourth position with six laps to go. A collision with Simon Pagenaud , however, meant that he dropped back to 13th place. In an accident in Sonoma , Newgarden sustained a hand injury and paused the following race. With an eleventh place as the best result, he finished the season in 23rd place. In 2013 Newgarden achieved his first top 10 finish in the second race of the season in Birmingham with a ninth place. Two races later in São Paulo , he finished fifth. He repeated this result in Long Pond and Houston . In Baltimore , he finished second for the first time in his career on the podium. In the overall standings he improved to 14th place overall. In 2014 , Newgarden started his third IndyCar season for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing. At the race in Newton he achieved the only podium finish of the season with a second place. The championship finished Newgarden in 13th place overall.

In 2015 , Newgarden competed in the IndyCar Series for CFH Racing , a racing team that emerged from the merger of Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing and Ed Carpenter Racing . In Birmingham he won his first IndyCar race. It was also the first victory for the new racing team. When Honda Indy Toronto was followed by another win and in the Oval race in Newton and Pocono he reached the second place. In the overall standings, Newgarden improved to seventh place. In the 2016 IndyCar Series , Newgarden stayed with his team. During the winter break, several investors left the racing team, so that the racing team operated as Ed Carpenter Racing . After finishing third in Birmingham , he qualified for the Indianapolis 500 in second place. He finished the race in third place. At the next oval race, the Firestone 600 , Newgarden had a serious accident. After a driving mistake by Daly, Newgarden hit the lane twice. Although he left his car on his own, he collapsed shortly afterwards and was hospitalized. Newgarden fractured his right collarbone and fractured his right hand. The race was interrupted due to rain and only continued two months later. Two weeks after his accident, Newgarden returned to his vehicle and finished eighth at Elkhart Lake . He drove with severe pain and 13 screws in his shoulder. At the following race in Iowa Newgarden showed an impressive performance. As a short oval, the Iowa Speedway was one of the most physically demanding routes of the season. He dominated the race and led 282 of 300 laps. In places he had lapped all other opponents except for one driver. His victory in the race came four weeks after his serious accident. In the further course of the season Newgarden reached the podium again with a second place in Watkins Glen . He finished the season as the best non- Penske driver in fourth place overall. Although Ed Carpenter Racing tried to keep working with him, Newgarden announced after the end of the season that he would be leaving the team.

For the IndyCar Series 2017, Newgarden is moving to Team Penske as the successor to Juan Pablo Montoya .

statistics

Career stations

Individual results in the GP3 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 Points rank
2010 Carlin SpainSpain ESP TurkeyTurkey DOOR SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA 8th 18th
DNF 16 10 23 DNF 26th 16 10 18th 19th 7th DNF DNF 21st 7th 5

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th Points rank
2012 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS Mil IOW GOAL EDM MDO SNM BAL HAIRDRYER         200 23.
11 17th 26th 23 25 7 15th 13 25th 19th 13 17th 12 23 INJ 16        
2013 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS Mil IOW POC GOAL MDO SNM BAL HOU HAIRDRYER 348 14th
23 9 13 5 28 25 7th 16 8th 11 15th 5 23 11 23 24 2 5 13 20th
2014 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW GOAL MDO Mil SNM HAIRDRYER   406 13.
9 19 ° 8th 17th 30 8.8 20th 17th 11 20th 20th 8 ° 2 20th 13 ° 12 ° 5 6 ° 10  
2015 CFH Racing STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS GOAL HAIRDRYER Mil IOW MDO POC SNM       431 7th
12 9 7th 1* 20th 9 8th 21st 21st 1* 21st 5 ° 2 * 13 ° 2 * 21st      
2016 Ed Carpenter Racing STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC TXS WGL SNM       502 4th
22nd 6th 10 3 21st 3 ° 2 14th 4th 8th 1* 22nd 10 4 ° 22 ° 2 6th      
2017 Team Penske STP LBH ALA PHO IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL WGL SNM     642 1.
8th 3 1 ° 9 ° 11 19 22 4th 2 ° 13 ° 2 ° 6 ° 1* 1* 2 ° 1* 18 ° 2 °
2018 Team Penske STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL POR SNM     560 5.
7th 1 ° 7 ° 1* 11 ° 8 ° 4 9 15th 13 ° 1* 4 * 9 ° 4th 5 7th 10 ° 8 °
2019 Team Penske STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA GOAL IOW MDO POC STL POR LAG     641 1.
1* 2 4th 2 ° 15 ° 4 ° 8 1* 19 ° 1 ° 3 4th 1* 14 ° 5 ° 7 ° 5 8th
2020 Team Penske TXS IMS ROA IOW INDY STL IMS STP MDO           191 3.
3 ° 7 ° 14 * 9 5 ° 1*        

( Legend )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josef Newgarden . Indycar.com.
  2. ^ Josef Newgarden Driver Database , Driverdb.com.
  3. ↑ “Indy Lights: Newgarden Returns to North American Racing with Sam Schmidt Motorsports” ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (eformulacarnews.com on March 9, 2011)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eformulacarnews.com
  4. ↑ "Sarah Fisher relies on the next generation" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 7, 2011)
  5. ^ "Josef Newgarden to make IndyCar debut with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing in 2012" (autosport.com on December 8, 2011)
  6. ↑ Mario Fritsche: "Junqueira represents Newgarden in Baltimore". Motorsport-Total.com, August 29, 2012, accessed December 4, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Tony DiZinno: IndyCar: Newgarden confirmed for 2015 with merged CFH Racing. nbcsports.com, August 24, 2014, accessed March 6, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Josef Newgarden will also drive for CFH in 2016. Motorsport-Total.com, October 1, 2015, accessed January 2, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: IndyCar Texas: Newgarden after a horror crash in the hospital. Motorsport-Total.com, June 12, 2016, accessed October 8, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: All-clear at Newgarden: "I'm basically okay". Motorsport-Total.com, June 13, 2016, accessed October 8, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: Josef Newgarden can start in Elkhart Lake in training. Motorsport-Total.com, June 24, 2016, accessed October 8, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: Josef Newgarden amazes IndyCar surgeons. Motorsport-Total.com, June 15, 2016, accessed October 8, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: Ed Carpenter confirms Newgarden's departure. Motorsport-Total.com, September 29, 2016, accessed October 8, 2016 .
  14. ↑ Norman Fischer: IndyCar 2017: Newgarden displaces Montoya at Penske. Motorsport-Total.com, October 5, 2016, accessed October 8, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Newgarden, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Hendersonville , Tennessee